Franky you may find this article intresting. I know “tyneside” likes these old articles.
Yes that was interesting Dean, the newer Byker depot was built on the area where I was born, St Peter’s, we had left around 1955 to move to a new Housing Estate in Longbenton to the North. My Grandmother (the house was actually once her Parents) lived on her own a little longer until finally moving out when they cleared the streets to build the bigger depot. Today St Peter’s has newer housing and even a Marina onto the River Tyne. As for the walking floor motors it just shows there is very little new in transport. Cheers Franky.
tyneside:
Interesting article Dean thanks, not a computer or H&S expert to be seen. Wonder how much the same operation would cost to set up these days?
Tyneside
Some serious wedge chap.
Kempston:
Interesting stuff Dean, I would never have guessed walking floors were around in 1955.
Its amazing how long some stuff has been around “Kempston”. Thas why i like these old articles from the 50’s & 60’s i think
they are facinating. Posted one a while back about waste in Glasgow from 1959 and they were tipping 600 tons a day then !!!
What would that figure in Glasgow be today ■■?
Leyland600:
Dean I remember seeing those Leyland Octopus bulkers in and around Newcastle when I ran over to Tyneside regularly in the mid 1960s and to Larry the moving double headboard system a forerunner of today’s walking floors.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
Frankydobo:
Franky you may find this article intresting. I know “tyneside” likes these old articles.
Yes that was interesting Dean, the newer Byker depot was built on the area where I was born, St Peter’s, we had left around 1955 to move to a new Housing Estate in Longbenton to the North. My Grandmother (the house was actually once her Parents) lived on her own a little longer until finally moving out when they cleared the streets to build the bigger depot. Today St Peter’s has newer housing and even a Marina onto the River Tyne. As for the walking floor motors it just shows there is very little new in transport. Cheers Franky.
Well my Great Uncle Isaac Smiles the founder of Smiles for Miles had three twin steer ERF,s with had opperated walking floor sided flats in 1939 all with the good old Gardner engines in, Larry.
Chris Webb:
Found this on FB,any idea whose the AEC Mammoth Major belongs to?
Looks like one of George Bamborough’s, Chester le Street
Tyneside
I agree with you Tyneside Most likley for hauling coke out of Monkton, Larry.
Larry,i used to load crude benzene out of Monkton,Norwood,Evenwood and Derwenthaugh but I seem to recall going once to a coking plant at Lambton,is that correct?
Chris Webb:
Found this on FB,any idea whose the AEC Mammoth Major belongs to?
Looks like one of George Bamborough’s, Chester le Street
Tyneside
I agree with you Tyneside Most likley for hauling coke out of Monkton, Larry.
Larry,i used to load crude benzene out of Monkton,Norwood,Evenwood and Derwenthaugh but I seem to recall going once to a coking plant at Lambton,is that correct?
Lambton coking plant at Fence Houses, between Chester le Street and Houghton, closed some years ago and houses have been built on various areas of the site. Lot of the land is still contaminated.
Tyneside
Lambton coking plant at Fence Houses, between Chester le Street and Houghton, closed some years ago and houses have been built on various areas of the site. Lot of the land is still contaminated.
Tyneside.
Thanks Tyneside,there was one at Fishburn further south as well. All the NCB crude benzene went to Staveley Chemicals.The BSC crude went to Port Clarence until the plant closed,i.e. Consett,Hartlepool,Redcar,South Bank,Cleveland.
I seem to recall one at Brancepeth Willington ■■ but I never went there.
Chris Webb:
Lambton coking plant at Fence Houses, between Chester le Street and Houghton, closed some years ago and houses have been built on various areas of the site. Lot of the land is still contaminated.
Tyneside.
Thanks Tyneside,there was one at Fishburn further south as well. All the NCB crude benzene went to Staveley Chemicals.The BSC crude went to Port Clarence until the plant closed,i.e. Consett,Hartlepool,Redcar,South Bank,Cleveland.
I seem to recall one at Brancepeth Willington ■■ but I never went there.
Just checked the Durham Mining website :- Brancepeth coking plant closed in 1967.
A lot of years ago we used to do some of the internal work at Monkton and then in the late 70’s early 80’s the Norwood plant on the Team Valley was demolished and we led all the ■■■■■■■■■ from the ovens and tipped it into an old shaft but I cannot remember where. IIRC the job took nearly a month to finish.
G Bamborough persuaded A E C to make some Marshall 6 wheelers but with a 2nd steering axle giving him a
light weight 8 wheeler for 24 tons gross. cheers pushrod47
In 1965 I delivered a large spiral chute built into a frame about 20ft high x 6ft square made at an engineering works in Carlisle to Lambton Coke Works carried on my BMC FHK 140 four wheeler.
Cheers, Leyland 600
A couple of photos in relation to Deans article about waste disposal in Newcastle. The first is Newcastle’s fleet of steam powered bin wagons and the second a TK from the early seventies.
Cracking pics again Tyneside, the eight very smart Newcastle Corporation Refuse Wagons seem to be the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon type, made in Leeds these were known for the unusual transverse double ended boiler, I expect they gave superb service around the Corporation area in the early 1900’s. Franky.
DEANB:
“tyneside” Re the Bedford dustcart pic below you posted. Nice crew cab conversion made by Eagle Engineering of Warwick.
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Heres an earlier one they did from 1955.
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Our first artic a Bedford 1949 O model with a furniture van trailer, had the trailer chassis built by Eagle. So presumably in the 40s & 50s they built trailers. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo, as in those days not too many were taken but I live in hope that one day someone tidying up oldboxes left by their Grandparents find one & send it to me, but as years go by that seems less likely
DEANB:
“tyneside” Re the Bedford dustcart pic below you posted. Nice crew cab conversion made by Eagle Engineering of Warwick.
Heres an earlier one they did from 1955.
Our first artic a Bedford 1949 O model with a furniture van trailer, had the trailer chassis built by Eagle. So presumably in the 40s & 50s they built trailers. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo, as in those days not too many were taken but I live in hope that one day someone tidying up oldboxes left by their Grandparents find one & send it to me, but as years go by that seems less likely
Bearpark Colliery 1966. Anyone remember the colours of the NCB autobaggers at this time?
When i worked at Adams & Gibbons (Claypath,Durham, mid to late 70’s) we used to tare the new commercials off on the Bearpark weighbridge before licensing at County Hall. Those bloody queues for new registrations were frustrating to say the least!
I’ve seen an autobagger in Seaham a couple of times lately, can’t remember whose it is?
Supplied Bedford TK/TM’s to a couple of coal merchants…Tommy Hardy (Carville) and Tommy Lawson (Ferryhill) The latter had a border collie who was very welcoming when entering the yard but the bugger would’nt let you leave!
